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Residents ask Vienna council to protect Beulah Road, memorialize Robinson property and address Southside Park problems
Summary
At the Jan. 5 town council meeting, speakers urged rezoning the Beulah Road site for a park, proposed a Robinson Community Service Memorial Park and raised maintenance problems at Southside Park; one resident suggested changing local rules on archery to address deer damage.
Patty Mertz, chair of the town of Vienna’s Conservation and Sustainability Commission, urged the council on Jan. 5 to rezone the Beulah Road property from "unclassified" to a parks-and-recreation natural area and to take steps to establish Beulah Road Park after nearly a century of town ownership. The CSC’s proposal notes the property was deeded to the town for public use in 1934 and has been repeatedly identified in the town comprehensive plan as park or open space land.
"After 91 years of town ownership, given the unfulfilled promise of Beulah Road Park and the forthcoming update of the town’s comprehensive…
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